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A MASSEUSE was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment by the Sessions Court here after admitting to uploading a fabricated marriage certificate claiming she was married to a member of the royal family earlier this year.
Judge Suhaila Haron handed down the sentence against Persana Avril Sollunda, 43, after she changed her plea to guilty during the case mention on Thursday. The court ordered that her jail term begin from the date of her arrest on 18 June.
According to the charge sheet, Persana had created and shared a falsified image in a video on TikTok under the account name “king.charles.ratu”, showing a marriage certificate purporting to depict a union between a royal family member and a “Crown Princess Ratu Shana”. The post, made on 25 February, was later detected and read by investigators at Bukit Aman’s Cyber and Multimedia Crime Investigation Division the following morning.
She was charged under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, punishable under Section 233(3) of the same Act, which carries a fine of up to RM500,000 or imprisonment for up to two years, or both, and a further fine of RM5,000 for each day the offence continues after conviction.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Izzat Amir Idham urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, describing the act as serious and harmful to public order and the dignity of the royal institution.
“The offence had wide-reaching implications, as the content was widely circulated online and disrupted the harmony surrounding the royal institution. A custodial sentence is necessary to serve as a warning to others and to remind the accused to think carefully before committing such acts,” he said.
Defence counsel Datuk Noor Svetlana Mohd Noordin pleaded for leniency, explaining that her client had suffered emotional trauma from a previous marriage and was undergoing regular mental health treatment.
Persana, a former model, had previously been ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation to determine her fitness for trial.
The court, while acknowledging her mental health challenges, ruled that the deliberate creation and sharing of the falsified certificate warranted a custodial sentence due to its potential to mislead the public and undermine respect for Malaysia’s royal institutions. - October 31, 2025